Posted July 23, 2018 by theforce
Hi, it's the very first devlog on itch.io, and I owe you a bit of explanation what the game is and what I am aiming for.
The Force is a dynamic first-person perspective game with spell casting. Imagine yourself an old-school FPS game, let's say Doom, but instead of guns, you've got spells. In two hands separately, like in Skyrim. And you use these spells in combat and environment puzzles, similar to Zelda BotW skills. On top of it put a highly interactive and physical environment, different conditions (wet, burn, shock, etc.) like in Divinity: Original Sin and Call of Juarez Gunslinger/Borderlands crazy, comic book-like stylisation and you've got a quite accurate image.
Now I'm working on a demo to showcase this vision in action, and it goes pretty well, though the visual part still has a long road to come.
Today I want to show you a sneak-peak on how the systems work currently. Let's start with a Burn condition. First look at the GIF (maybe not only once) and then I'll explain what exactly happens there.
Okay, so this is the scenario:
1. I shot a stalactite with a Rockball.
2. The stalactite falls down, because of the Physical damage type it got.
3. The stalactite falls through the torch which inflames it. Yes, the rock, like in Magicka.
4. The stalactite hits the ground causing AOE physical damage and passing the burn condition to all mobs it hit.
5. One of the mobs (the one that hits me hard at the end) got hit by a burned dead body of his friend (but don't be sad!) and gets burned himself.
You can see different colors of damage values above mobs' heads. The color indicates the damage type.
Well, what do you think? Stay in touch, I'll share some more fire and dead bodies soon.